Location Profiles

Central West Health Service District

ARAMAC

Aramac is a tiny country town located in the heart of central Queensland. Settled in the 1850s, the town still serves its original purpose of supporting the surrounding sheep and cattle pastoralists. The town is characterised by extremely wide streets, supposedly copied from the streets of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria. Named after Robert Ramsey Mackenzie, Queensland’s first treasurer and later premier, Aramac offers a quiet and relaxed outback lifestyle.

Population: 1,000

Queensland Health facilities in District: 13

• Read more about Aramac’s key Queensland Health facility Aramac Hospital
• Read more about Central West Health Service District

Services

• Aramac State School (OP to Year 10)
• Childcare facility
• Community clubs, including QCWA and Catholic
• Women’s League
• Museum
• Library
• Places of worship
• Police station
• Australia Post
• Food outlet
• Emergency services

Sporting & Recreation

• Sporting clubs and facilities including swimming, rodeo club, bowls, golf and netball
• The Aramac Tramway Museum
• Lake Dunn – fresh water, swimming, waterskiing, windsurfing, sailing, picnicking, bird watching
• Lake Galilee – salt water, birdwatching
• Grey Rock – Aboriginal remnants

Location

1141 km north west of Brisbane
562 km south west of Townsville
126 km north east of Longreach
67 km north of Barcaldine

Access

	Barcaldine Station	Barcaldine Airport

Climate

(Climate graph of Barcaldine, 67km south of Aramac)

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